Uasu secretary general Constantine Wasonga and lecturers march to the Treasury building in Nairobi, on September 24, 2025. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]. The dignity of the Kenyan teachers at the highest level has been greatly lowered. In the past, lecturers were highly respected and fairly remunerated. You would never imagine them on the streets demanding for their rights. It was the dream of many students to join this elite field of academia. This is no longer the case. Today, our vuvuzela blowing dons flood the streets with all forms of protests. In one university, the lecturers have even showcased their dancing…
Author: By June Chebet
Kuppet officials during a past press briefing. [File, Standard] The nation watched in amazement as teachers heckled each other in the State House. As is expected, there was high-level lobbying prior to the rendezvous with the President. Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) took more teachers to State House followed by the second largest teachers’ union, Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet). Knut has more primary teachers while Kuppet comprises post-primary school teachers. On the day of the meeting, it was obvious that the teachers were divided as predicted following the formation of the second tutors’ union several…
Kericho County Govenor Eric Mutai at the Senate Chambers, Parliament, Nairobi on August 27, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] In what could pass for the proverbial ‘theatre of the absurd’, the country was recently treated to a circus in the lead-up to, during and after the impeachment proceedings involving Kericho Governor Eric Mutai. It all began on the floor of the County Assembly in Kericho. Sobriety was suspended for pandemonium. Blows were exchanged. And a few (dis)Honourable Members of the August House ended up with injuries necessitating hospitalisation. In the end, an arguably flawed process had culminated into a second impeachment…